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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 1, 2016Anne Arundel County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2016, 5:21 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2016, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Anne Arundel County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 11:26 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX5 hr
Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX93 min
Aug 1, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX90 min
Aug 1, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX85 min
Aug 1, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX113 min
Aug 1, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX92 min
Aug 1, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX97 min
Jul 31, 9:19 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXAnne Arundel7 hr
Aug 1, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore33 min
Aug 1, 6:05 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.